#C4B13C#C4B13C

#C4B13C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B13C
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -6.36, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 59.88, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0232 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3045, 43.5081, 10.6017)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B13C #3C4FC4

analogous

#C46D3C #C4B13C #93C43C

triadic

#C4B13C #3CC4B1 #B13CC4

tetradic

#C4B13C #3CC46D #3C4FC4 #C43C93

square

#C4B13C #3CC46D #3C4FC4 #C43C93

split-complementary

#C4B13C #3C93C4 #6D3CC4

monochromatic

#675D1F #96872D #C4B13C #D2C46B #E0D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C4B13C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C4B13C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B13C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B13C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B13C	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b13c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c879',
    500: '#c4b13c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b13c;
$custom-light: #d9c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b13c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B13C

secondary

#9098CC

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B13C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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